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RE: Roby Mill and area


I havent been  been physically up to my patch walk over the last few days

- but drove around the patch and was very  pleased to hear first singing Chiffchaff this morning



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Little Grebe - pair back on the lake performing trilling duet - this is about a month earlier than the last 2 years
Reed Bunting  - returning male singing



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Yesterday in the garden.
1 ringed Starling...( thought it might have been a European
ringed bird,but no!..ringed on Nov 19th
2016 at Orrell!,distance travelled 4km!!!).
Also today near (i think its Cleives hill lane,Aughton 4 Waxwing)
slightly out of area!!!.

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Nov 11th.

(7:08 am), south west over lafford lane
1 Merlin.
Garden Willow tit 4.
School lane..Chaffinch 30+,Brambling 2 (fem).
Fieldfare 300+ and Redwing 400+ south
west.

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Nov 2nd.
SE (AM), Pinkfooted geese.. 160+200+10+200+150
+140+22+300+80+20.
Whooper swans 8(SE)..And 44 yesterday.
wood pigeon 9,000+,Redwing 200+,meadow pipit 16,
piedwagtail 8,Greywagtail 1.
Garden..Goldcrest,willow tit 2, numerous blue,great,
coal tit,Great spottedwoodpecker.
Disused tip (am)..Barn owl.
Dusk yesterday Woodcock.
Lafford lane am..Yellowhammer 7.

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Patch this morning
250 Pink-footed Geese - s

Saturday
Marsh Harrier - female / imm, flew from Lafford lane direction straight over the house and then towards the Beacon



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Monday oct 31st.
Swallow 1(south) at 11:27 am.
wood pigeon 3,000+ (s).
In the garden 4 willow tit's, 2 Greywag tail.
Numerous Blackbird,Redwing and fieldfare.
C snipe (sw). Tawny owl calling in the garden
at 4:40 am.

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10.30 patch
6 Crossbills - flying east one singing in flight



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Thursday october 27 th.
A kingfisher on the concrete blocks in the water at the concourse in skelmersdale.. was a nice sighting today.
Roby mill this am, 1 woodcock, numerous redwing, fieldfare south.
A Raven over (sw), and a female merlin chased piedwag tails over lafford lane.
A 1st win Greywag tail in the garden along with 3 willow tits. A starling in a flock of 100+ with white leg ring,black letters.. unable to read it yet..but keep trying.

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7.30 patch
Brambling 1
Chiffchaff 1
Teal 8 on the lake -  I often see the odd ones on the lake - but a small flock (a Spring of Teal) seems to be sticking around this Autumn
Pink-footed Goose 58 East
Redwing c40 milling around



-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Thursday 20th of October 2016 10:49:44 AM

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7.00 - 8.45 patch
Jack Snipe 1 flushed from the lake edge
Teal 5 on the lake
Redwing c 1,500 south
Fieldfare 120 s
Siskin 2,
Redpoll 2
Pink-footed Goose 75 s

 

 

 



-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Wednesday 12th of October 2016 10:23:43 AM

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7.30 patch
influx of Song thrushes c 20 - mostly olive brown contact calling 'continental' birds
also c30 flighty Blackbirds - presumed immigrants
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 5
willow tit 1

 

 

 

 

 



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6.30 patch
Tree pipit - I grounded
Chiffchaff - 21 calling / singing
Willow warbler 4
Blackcap 1
Barn Owl 1

no viz mig at all



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I have surveyed and  mapped all the warblers on my Roby mill patch

The results are my blog
http://robymilling.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/warbler-survey.html

169 singing males -
38 Whitethroat,
33 Blackcaps
7 Garden warblers
2 Lesser whitethroats
46 Willow warblers
36 Chiffchaffs
7 Grasshopper warblers

sadly no Sedge warblers this year

 



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1 Swift over the garden



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Patch 4.30 - 7.30 (s - singing)
Spotted flycatcher 1
Garden warbler 1 (s)
Grasshopper warbler 9 (s)
Whitethroat 22 (s)
Willow warbler 28 (s)

Blackcap 7(s)
no sedge warblers or Lesser whitethroats

 

 The derelict farmland East of Mill Lane / Beacon Lane gets better every year as it get more overgrown - now fantastic habitat for Grasshopper warblers, Willow warblers, whitethroats

Using an app with GPS, I am mapping all the singing Warblers on the patch. Previous years counts for several species, were significant at a country level so I wanted to attempt to verify the numbers I had been getting and make sure I was over-counting. Far from over-counting however, it looks like I may been under-counting

Blackcap map attached (24 singing males) - this isn't the final assessment however, I'll probably find some more, but on the other hand I'll probably fail to re-find some of these

also
Reed  bunting 4 (s)

Lesser Redpoll 2 
Willow tit 1

 



-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Thursday 5th of May 2016 09:13:21 AM

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North over Dean wood area 1 Osprey..(11:47 am).

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school lane..following tractor(ploughing)..13 Blackheaded gulls and 1 adult summer and 1 2nd yr Mediterranean gulls.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 22nd of April 2016 04:56:46 PM

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5.30 patch
Grasshopper warbler 7
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Common Whitethroat 4
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5.30 patch (s = singing)
Tree Pipit - 1 (near Beacon)
Lesser whitethroat 1(s)
Common whitethroat 2 (s)
Grasshopper warbler 1(s)
Blackcap 9(s)
Chiffchaff 15 (s)
Willow warbler 25(s)
Linnet 2 (s)
Lesser Redpoll 1
Siskin 5
Etc

 

 



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Few swallow's and House martin north this afternoon. In the garden nuthatch,Bullfinch,siskin,Goldfinch two pairs Blue tit nest building; male House sparrow in nest box. c buzzard and Sparrowhawk over.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 19th of April 2016 04:28:11 PM

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6.30 patch
2 Whitethroat - singing
2 Grasshopper warbler

 



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Patch 6.30
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 reeling
Kestrel - 1
Stock dove - 1
Teal - a pair on the lake
Tufted duck - a pair on the lake
Dabchick - pair
Siskin - male display flight - something I've seen quite a lot recently
Redpoll - 2 over (+2 on niger feeder)
Yellowhammer - 2 singing
Willow warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Swallow x3
Willow tit
etc

yesterday Chiffchaff - 22 singing



-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Friday 15th of April 2016 08:41:28 AM

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7:20 am. Redstart 1-m , knowles farm. +chiffchaff 5,Willow warbler 7 and Blackcap 3-m. Garden 2 Willow tit. Also Walthew green 3 yaffle's Green woodpecker..(also heard same area on monday).

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 14th of April 2016 08:25:03 AM

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6.45
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 reeling near colledge farm
+ Swallow back at Knowles farm



-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Wednesday 13th of April 2016 09:07:51 AM

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6.00 patch
(s - singing)
Chiffchaff - 27 (s)
Willow Warbler 15 (s)
A lot of the 'new' warblers were concentrated near the beacon suggesting a fall of migrants rather than, necessarily, returning breeding birds.
Blackcap 3 (s)
Little grebe  2
Siskin 2 (s)
Linnet flock of 25
Red-legged Partridge 2
Buzzard 2
Pied wagtail - male back at college farm

 

 

 



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7:15 am..1(singing)+1 willow tit scrub bushes at the front of the house;quick dash through to rear and 4 in the garden on sunflower feeder and bird table. Also over (east at 6:50 am 3 c crossbill(calling). Nuthatch,Great Spotted Woodpecker, siskin 2 in /around the garden. skylark singing school lane.



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Today..3:38pm..Wheatear over north east. Garden Willow tit 4,Siskin 4 and 1 male Bullfinch.

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2 Siskin and 5 Willow tit in the garden.

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6.30 patch
Shelduck 1 over flying east
Little grebe - pair back at the lake - trilling duet
Chiffchaff - 15 (singing)
Willow warbler - 5 (singing)
Blackcap - 1 (singing)
Meadow pipit - 30 north



-- Edited by Phil Barnett on Wednesday 6th of April 2016 08:36:57 AM

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9.30 patch
Blackcap - 1 singing



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Patch 7.00
willow warbler - 4 singing
Chiffchaff 24 - singing
Tawny Owl  - 1
Willow tit - 1

 



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Garden today Siskin m-4,f-2,. Willow tit 5(all on feeder). mid morning at pimbo garden centre;upholland Willow tit 1(singing). meadow pipit 11 north.

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6.30 patch
Chiffchaff - 17 singing (it was 8th April last year before these numbers were noted singing - so much earlier arrival 'in force')
Goosander - 1
Willow Tit - 1 singing

 



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Yesterday am/pm Siskin 23, Willow tit 2 in the garden. At dusk 1 Woodcock roding..

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Garden.. Willow tit 4, Siskin m-8,f-4. Nuthatch 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2. Nice to hear Green Woodpecker around again,its years since they bred at the old brick works/Holland hall area of Lafford lane... nice one!!!.

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6.00 patch
Green Woodpecker - repeatedly yaffling - a nice patch first
Shoveler - pair on the lake
Chiffchaff - 2 singing
Willow tit 1
A few 'alba' wagtails and meadow pipits north



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Garden today..Willow tit 2, Siskin m-1,f-1, Nuthatch 2, Goldcrest 1. southwest Raven 1, Redwing 4 north and Sand martin 1..northwest. Woodcock 1-roding pm.

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Patch 6.00

Crossbill 1 over
Goosander 6
Siskin singing during display flight

Meadow Pipit c20 N (similar trickle north on last 3 days)

 

 

 



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4:30pm.. adult male STONECHAT..at knowles farm..veiwed from bedroom window..alittle cracker!!..roll on spring!.

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7.00 patch
Crossbill 1 calling over
Trickle of meadow pipits north - about 25
Willow tit 1
Red Legged Partridge + Lapwing, 'song'



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Patch 6.30
Chiffchaff 1 singing
Tawny Owl 1
Goosander 1
Raven 1

Meadow Pipit1, Skylark 1, Fieldfare 2  > North

 

 

 



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Garden today 4 Willow tits and 2 siskin also pair of Goldcrest. At knowles farm a singing Blackcap. on the golf course 2 Jack snipe. This evening 3 roding +2 other Woodcock over/around the village.

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Garden..Robin 4,Blackbird 5, Blue tit 24, Great tit 15, Coal tit 8, Willow tit 4, Goldfinch 5, Chaffinch 22, Siskin 7, Dunnock 4, Magpie 4, Wood pigeon 3, Jay 2,Collared dove 1, Starling 3, Wren 1. Lesserblack backed gull 50 (south west). House sparrows 15. School lane and knowles farm 3 Song thrush.

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Patch 6.30
Goosander 1
Teal 2
Tufted Duck 3
Barn Owl 2
Siskin 1 (also in in the garden)

Song Thrush 13 singing
last year I estimated a patch population 25 pairs
- this is a high figure given other counts in the Lancs Bird reports and published data of breeding densities

They should be fairly easy to survey - the song is loud, they sing together at dawn, and the position song post(s) is fairly stable


- on the other hand, beacuse the song is far carrying,  can I be sure that the bird I heard on my left is the same as that which I'm now hearing on my right, later in my walk.

- also did I double count when adding together counts from different part of the patch?

The best way to get an idea of the accuracy of my, last year's, count (and hopefully callibate the accuracy of my other species counts) is to map the
singing males.

Using an app with GPS make this fairly easy

Attached is my song thrush mapping from this morning - 13 singing males - the coverage is about 50% of the patch - I will fill in the missing parts of the patch subsequently

 

 

 



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7.30 patch
Raven 1
Goosander 2
Tufted Duck 6
Barn Owl 1
Lesser Redpoll 1
Buzzard 1



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12:41 pm.. Flying East from the west.. heading in the direction of winter hill 13 WAXWINGS..

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Patch 7.00
4 Ravens, 2 pairs in prolonged squabble with tumbling etc.  1 pair landed on roof
Goosander 1
Red Legged Partridge 2
Yellowhammer song



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7:46 am..Peregrine over Lafford lane..chasing jackdaw's and wood pigeons.. Garden 5 Willow Tits..(seem to like feeding in the honey suckle..8 foot from the house)..

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Patch
Goosander 5
Tufted Duck 2
Barn Owl 1
Bullfinch 2

 

 



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